Tragedy on Bird Bridge: The Death of Sandra “Sandy” Bird
Sandra “Sandy” Bird, age 33, was a devoted mother of three, a gifted mathematics teacher, and an active member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Emporia, Kansas. On the evening of July?16, 1983, she drove off a rural gravel road—later dubbed “Bird Bridge”—and her station wagon plunged into the Cottonwood River. Her body was discovered…